Granville Magazine

I look forward to getting my four issues of Granville Magazine each year. The free-​subscription publication focuses on sustainable living with a local twist.
The features take an optimistic, informative tone and always reveal a neat aspect of BC life (such as the article about BC cheese). The magazine is, I think, coming up on two years on stands. Compared to some of the other green-​focused publications out there I find Granville takes a more urban, accessible approach.
I signed up for my subscription online (they advertise it as a one-​year trial) and have enjoyed the publication ever since.

Now just over one year old, Granville magazine is the city mag for the eco-​conscious consumer set. Like a green version of Vancouver magazine, it covers what’s new, fashionable, or newsworthy in products, stores, restaurants, and trends/​movements in the city, but with a eco-​friendly slant. For example, it’ll show a fabulous new pair of shoes but talk up the fact that they’re made with recycled materials or by a fair-​trade cooperative, or with some other non-​exploitive, sustainable, or local means. Cosmetics that don’t harm kittens. Sweatshop-​free couture. 100-​mile diet and/​or ocean-​wise-​savvy chefs. It’s all here.
They’ve also done some interesting articles already, including stuff on bio-​diesel co-​ops in Vancouver, why we don’t have an organics recycling program, eco-​friendly cleaning products, and my favourite, bike subcultures in Vancouver. But here’s where a star gets taken away — the font they use for features is absolutely awful. It’s pretty; it’s Bodoni, I think; but it’s unreadable. So unless the subject is absolutely fascinating, I often don’t finish the longer articles.
But if you’re one of the many who strive to be stylish and socially conscious at the same time, check out Granville. Most articles are available in full online, although the brown font on off-​white is, again, challenging to read.